Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 64:2
Hide me from the (b) secret counsel of the wicked; from the (c) insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
(b) That is, from their secret malice.
(c) That is, their outward violence.
Hide me from the (b) secret counsel of the wicked; from the (c) insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
(b) That is, from their secret malice.
(c) That is, their outward violence.
Verse Psalms 64:2. _HIDE ME FROM THE SECRET COUNSEL_] They _plotted_ his destruction, and then formed _insurrections_ in order to accomplish it. _WORKERS OF INIQUITY_] Those who made _sin_ their _la...
HIDE ME - Or, more literally, thou wilt hide me. There is both an implied prayer that this might be done, and a confident belief that it would be done. The idea is, Protect me; guard me; make me safe...
Psalms 64 The Wicked and their End _ 1. The power of the wicked displaced (Psalms 64:1)_ 2. Their sudden end (Psalms 64:7) This Psalm stands in contrast with the preceding ones. The outward circum...
LXIV. PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN AGAINST TREACHEROUS FOES. Psalms 64:6. The text needs correction. We may read, They plan evil deeds: they have hidden a well-devised plot, for the inner man is incurab...
HIDE. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for protect. SECRET COUNSEL. conspiracy (2 Samuel 16:20; 2 Samuel 17:1). WICKED. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ INSURRECTION. The former, secret; this, open...
Thou wilt hide me from the secret council of evil doers, From the tumultuous throng of workers of iniquity. i.e. from secret machinations and open attack. The cognate verbs are used together in Psal...
Prayer for preservation from malicious enemies, who are plotting against the Psalmist with subtle treachery and resolute determination....
PSALMS 64 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Prayer against the Evil Tongues of Conspirators, who are Destroyed by Their Own Weapon. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 64:1-4 a, Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies, whose...
_HIDE ME FROM THE SECRET COUNSEL OF THE WICKED; FROM THE INSURRECTION OF THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY:_ Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked - `from the divan of the malicious;' from the secret s...
This is a Ps. on a familiar theme. The Psalmist's life is in danger. He describes the injurious words and malicious plans of his enemies, and foretells how their overthrow will be a warning to all who...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
SECRET COUNSEL... INSURRECTION — Better, _secret league_ (_sôd_) ... _noisy gathering_ (_rigshah_). For _sôd_ see Psalms 25:14, and for _rigshah_ see Note to Psalms 2:2....
_[Psalms 64:3]_ תַּ֭סְתִּירֵנִי מִ סֹּ֣וד מְרֵעִ֑ים מֵ֝...
Psalms 64:1 FAMILIAR notes are struck in this psalm, which has no very distinctive features. Complaint of secret slanderers, the comparison of their words to arrows and swords, their concealed snares,...
DELIVERANCE FROM POWERFUL FOES Psalms 64:1 Another of the psalms dating from Saul's persecution. There are two stanzas. PRAYER FOR PRESERVATION, PSALMS 64:1 Insult, sarcasm, and slander still fall...
This is the cry of distress, and yet not of despair. The singer is beset by wily enemies who plan and plot against him with malicious and persistent determination. In great detail he describes their m...
Hymn. Or Hebrew, "Praise is silent," (Haydock) "waiteth," (Protestants) or "silence is praise for thee, O God." (Pagnin) Favete linguis. (Horace) (Grotius) --- "We worship Him with pure silence." (Por...
The Reader will hardly need the aid of a commentator to direct his mind principally to the person of Christ, as being the persecuted soul here complaining. The enemy here spoken of is one special char...
Psalms 64 chiefly speaks of the unceasing crafty hatred of the enemy and cries to God: God will shoot at them suddenly. The result of this judgment will be that all shall fear and declare the work of...
HIDE ME FROM THE SECRET COUNSEL OF THE WICKED,.... The word used denotes both the place where wicked men meet together for consultation; see Genesis 49:6; and the counsel itself they there take; from...
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: Ver. 2. _Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked_] Or, from the mystery of evil doers, from the...
_Preserve my life from fear_ That is, from danger: the act or passion of fear being often put for its object, danger, as Psalms 14:5; 1 Peter 3:14, and frequently elsewhere. _Hide me from the secret c...
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked, for that is the manner of the wicked, to conspire in secret, to form alliances of which no one knows anything, instead of fighting in the open; FROM THE...
INVOCATION OF GOD AGAINST THE DECEIT OF MEN. To the chief musician, a psalm of David, composed at one of the periods of his life when he was annoyed above the ordinary by the trickery of men who prof...
1-6 The psalmist earnestly begs of God to preserve him from disquieting fear. The tongue is a little member, but it boasts great things. The upright man is the mark at which the wicked aim, they cann...
FROM THE SECRET COUNSEL, i.e. from the ill effects of their plots against me....
Psalms 64:2 Hide H5641 (H8686) plots H5475 wicked H7489 (H8688) rebellion H7285 workers H6466 (H8802) iniquity...
HEADING. ‘For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.' Once again the Psalm is dedicated to the Chief Musician, but we are told nothing about it except that it is a Psalm of David. The Psalm can be d...
CONTENTS: David prays for deliverance from the malicious designs of enemies. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: God will turn the tables on the adversaries of His people and defeat them at their ow...
REFLECTIONS. This psalm describes at large the plots and insinuations of David's enemies for his destruction. They took secret counsel against him, and he cried and prayed, on the contrary, that God w...
_Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy._ MAN’S ENMITY TOWARDS MAN We see this enmity here in three aspects. I. Piously dreaded. David prays against it. He pray...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 64:1. This individual lament shares with Psalms 63:1 a confidence in God’s victory over those who bring troubles on the righteous. The psalm h
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_. “_To the chief Musician:_” see Introduction to Psalms 57. “_A Psalm of David_,” The structure and character of the psalm confirm the title as to its Davidic authorship....
EXPOSITION AT a time of great danger from domestic enemies, who threaten insurrection (Psalms 64:2), the psalmist first complains to God, and entreats his aid (Psalms 64:1); after which he boldly deno...
Psa 64:1-10, another psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from the fear of the enemy (Psalms 64:1). You know, fear is a horrible thing. And fear can actually get hold...
1 Samuel 23:22; 1 Samuel 23:23; 2 Samuel 17:2; Acts 23:14; Acts 23:15